Curtain support



J. FRASER- CURTAIN SUPPORT Oct. 30 ,1923.

Filed April 11, 1922 NVENTOR 7 m however,

. and described a open.

Patented 0a. 30, 1923.

UNITED STATES .PATE

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JAMES- FRASER, OF EDGEMOOR, DELAWARE.

CURTAIN surron'r.

Application filed April 11, 1922. Serial No. 551,565.

providing a simple, effective and relatively inexpensive device'for thepurpose specified;

The various features of novelty which characterize my invention arepointed out.

with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming, a partv of thisspecification. For a better understanding of the invention, itsadvantages and specific objects attained with its use, reference shouldbe had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which Ihave illustrated preferred embodiment of my invention.- I

M Of the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating one use of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation showin porting devicewith its ring portionclosed;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the curtain supporting device in section onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and- Fig. 4 is-a perspective view of the curtainsupporting device with its ring portion My novel curtain supportingdevice 0 consists of apiece of stiff wire bent into the shape showninFig. 4, and comprising a rod encirclin portion in the form of an arcof somet ing less than 360, with an" extension 0' at one end of thearc-portion forming a curtain engaging hook with its shank portionextending away from the are shaped portion in a radial direction. At theopposite end of the arc the wire is bent to form a hook C which may belooped about the shank portion C of the curtain engaging hook C, asshownin Figs. 2 and 4 to convert, the rod encircling portion of the supportinto a closed ring.

y improved curtain support is especially devised and adapted for use insuspending tubing an inch 'or so in diameter and pro-.

permanently closed ring.

the supa shower bath curtain B, as shown in Fig. 1, from a suitablecurtain rod In the widely used shower bath curtain arrangementillustrated in Fig.. 1 the rod A is-in the shape of a closed ring,formed of metal vided at one side with a bracket-extension A by which itmay be secured to a wall or other suitable supporting structure. Thecurtain B is provided at its upper edge with reinforced eyelets orgrommets B", through which pass the hook portions C ofthe devices C,while the ring portions of the latter encircle the red A. Y

For the character of use illustrated in Fig. 1 my invention comprisesthe following special advantages.

as I 1 The rod encircling ring portion of each supporting device C ma beopened as shown. in Fig. 3 to permit the evice to be put on to orremoved. from a rod,- which, like the rod A, has no end that can be 7When place on the rod A, with the hook C about the shank of the hook 0'put in caught as shown passed through a best in Figs. 2and 3, the rodencircling portion of the device 0 is in the formof a closed ring,preferably a little but not much, larger in diameter than the rod .A, sothat the ring portions of the device C will readilyslide' along the rodA in'opening and closing the curtain. Byinitially giving the rodencircling portion the shape of an are or something less than 360 asshown in Fig. 4, the resiliency of the Wire holds the hook Csnuglyagainst the shank C of the hook C, so that there is practically nodanger of accidental opening of the rod encircling ring. The curtain Bmay be readily engaged and disengaged from the hooks C as is necessaryfrom time to time to permit the curtain .to 'be removed for cleaning andreplacing. Furthermore, by bringing the free end C of each curtainengaging hook .up close to the rod encircling ring portion of thedevices C, there is practically no tendency for the curtainto becomeaccidentally disengaged from the hooks in opening and closing thecurtain. This shaping of the curtain engaging hooks C and thecomparatively close fit ofthe ring portions of the devices C on thesupporting rod A, practically eliminates all tendency for the upperportion of the curtain B and v the devices C to kink up, or becomeentangled when the curtain is opened and thus interfere with thesubsequent closure of the curtain. V

The improved curtain supporting device is obviously exceedingly simpleand rela tively inexpensive to construct, and the ease with which thecurtain may be engaged and disengaged from the supporting devicesconstitutes a markedpractical improvement over the safety-pin likedevices now generally used to suspend shower bath curtains from rod-likesupports.

Having now described In invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A shower bath curtain supporting device consisting of wire bent toform a curved portion with an extension at one end shaped to form alooped curtain engaging hook the free end of which is substantiallycloser to said portion than is the curtain engaging portion of saidhook, and with a second hook at the opposite end of said curved portionwhich is adapted to be hooked about said extension and thereby convertsaid curved portion into a closed rod encircling loop.

2. A shower bath curtain support consisting of bent Wire comprising aportion in the form of an arc of something less than 360, with anotherportion at one end of the first mentioned portion extending radiallyaway from the arc and then bent back upon itself to form a curtainengaging hook the free end of which is substantially closer to the arcthan is the'curtain engaging portion of said hook, and with a hookportion at the opposite end of the are adapted to be hooked about saidextension and convert said are shaped portion into a closed rodencircling ring.

of wire bent to form a curved portion with an extension at one end,shaped to form a looper curtain engaging hook comprising a stem and abill which lies at the same side of the stem as the immediately adjacentportion of said curved portion and having its free end substantiallycloser to said curred portion than is the curtain engaging portion .ofsaid hook, the end of said curved portion opposite to that at which saidhook extension is formed, being shaped to form a hook adapted to hookabout the stem of the first mentioned hook and thereby convert saidclosed portion into a closed rod encircling loop. Y

Signed at WVilmington in the county of New Castle and State of Delawarethis 8th day of April A. D., 1922.

JAMES FRASER.

3. A curtain supporting device consisting

